Directions: Read each excerpt, then answer the questions that follow it. You DO NOT have to copy the questions!
"The room was swept and fairly neat, for Crooks was a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs. His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine and his eyes lay deep in his head and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. His lean face was lined with deep black wrinkles, and he had thin, pain-tightened lips which were lighter than his face." p. 67
1. This is an example of which kind of characterization? 2. Who is giving the reader information?
"Crooks bored in on him. 'Want me to tell ya what'll happen? They'll take ya to the booby hatch. They'll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog." (Crooks to Lennie, p. 72)
3. What figurative language is used in the above excerpt? 4. Write the exact words from the excerpt that show it.
"Well, I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" (Curley's wife p. 77)
5. This is example of what kind of characterization? 6. Describe what the reader learns about Curley's wife.
"The room was swept and fairly neat, for Crooks was a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs. His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine and his eyes lay deep in his head and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. His lean face was lined with deep black wrinkles, and he had thin, pain-tightened lips which were lighter than his face." p. 67
1. This is an example of which kind of characterization?
2. Who is giving the reader information?
"Crooks bored in on him. 'Want me to tell ya what'll happen? They'll take ya to the booby hatch. They'll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog." (Crooks to Lennie, p. 72)
3. What figurative language is used in the above excerpt?
4. Write the exact words from the excerpt that show it.
"Well, I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" (Curley's wife p. 77)
5. This is example of what kind of characterization?
6. Describe what the reader learns about Curley's wife.